A Secret Service

I'm often asked if I had ever served in the Armed Forces.
Well, its not generally known, but because of the General Secrecy Act of 1906,
I was bound to silence until now. I was commissioned in the 13th Heavy Foot
Section (a spin off from the Under Water Cavalry Brigade), and saw service
in the Highlands with the 5th Lowlands Company of the Artillery Interactive Direction
Service (AIDS for short). It was during the Quelling of the Riots that I received,
apart from the OBE, the wound that almost finished me off and which, certainly,
led to my dismissal from the cause I loved. I still have fond memories of those days -
of the dangers we went through together, but especially of the comradeship of very
decent chaps with whom I came in contact.
Bring back National Conscription, I say. It made a man of me and I'm sure it would
do the same for Ian Armando and friend.
-Michael Foot, Romford.

Note: The full story of this period of British History will be
in any decent bookshop in the Spring of 2008.